kauri gum

British  

noun

1. a hard resin from the kauri tree, found usually as a fossil in the soil where an extinct tree once grew: used chiefly in making varnishes

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Example Sentences

In New Zealand kauri gum diggers are becoming impoverished.

From Time Magazine Archive

These varnishes are also finding application in the manufacture of concrete, steel, and flat wall paints; being especially suitable for the above purposes when compounded with kauri gum japan.

From Paint Technology and Tests by Gardner, Henry A.

A fossil kauri gum is collected for export; it makes a varnish almost equal to Japanese lacquer.

From Commercial Geography A Book for High Schools, Commercial Courses, and Business Colleges by Redway, Jacques W. (Jacques Wardlaw)

Test No. 12 B. Primed with a heavy varnish containing Chinese wood oil and kauri gum.

From Paint Technology and Tests by Gardner, Henry A.

Among the exports for 1897 were: 2,700,000 frozen sheep and lambs; 66,000 cwt. cheese, and 71,000 cwt butter; £433,000 worth of kauri gum; £427,000 worth of grain.

From The Long White Cloud by Reeves, William Pember